India, Nov. 10 -- Former Democratic New Hampshire state representative, Stacie-Marie Laughton pleaded guilty in a Boston federal court in a child sex abuse images case. The charges included sexual exploitation of children, WMUR reported last week.

Stacie-Marie Laughton was reportedly the first openly trans US lawmaker and had been hailed as a trailblazer earlier, as per New York Post. Laughton is a biological male who identifies as a female, and now faces up to 30 years in federal jail.

Laughton's plea comes after former partner, Lindsay Groves, admitted in October that she'd taken sexually explicit photos of children at the Massachusetts day care where she worked, and had sent them to the former lawmaker.

Federal investigators noted t...